ἀγκάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀγκών (ankṓn, “elbow”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.kás/ → /aŋˈɡas/ → /aŋˈɡas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.kás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋˈkas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡas/

Adverb

ἀγκάς • (ankás)

1. in(to) the arms

Further reading

• “ἀγκάς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀγκάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγκάς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀγκάς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀγκάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press